Security News > 2010 > December > Ohio State Says Hackers Breached Data on 760,000
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/education/17colleges.html By TAMAR LEWIN The New York Times December 16, 2010 Ohio State University is notifying about 760,000 people whose personal information was stored in the universityâs computer server that a data breach could put them at risk for identity theft. The university, located in Columbus, began sending letters on Wednesday to current and former faculty and staff members, students and applicants, telling them that hackers had broken into the server that stored their names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and addresses. The university said that although there was no evidence that the information had been used for identity theft, it was nonetheless offering a year of free credit protection to everyone whose data was on the server. âWe regret that this has occurred and are exercising an abundance of caution in choosing to notify those affected,â Joseph A. Alutto, the university provost, said in a news release. [...]